Programming languages
Haskell
Haskell is a standardized, general-purpose purely functional programming language, with non-strict semantics and strong static typing. It is named after logician Haskell Curry. The language is known for enabling concise and expressive code, and it's widely used in academia and industry for teaching, research, and commercial application development. Haskell's rich type system and emphasis on immutability and side-effect-free programming support the development of robust, maintainable, and efficient software.
- Created by
- Lennart Augustsson , Dave Barton , Brian Boutel , Warren Burton , Joseph Fasel , Kevin Hammond , Ralf Hinze , Paul Hudak , John Hughes , Thomas Johnsson , Mark Jones , John Launchbury , Erik Meijer , John Peterson , Alastair Reid , Colin Runciman , Philip Wadler
- First appeared
- 1990
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